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| ‘I am ready to face people of the state’: Azad | | | Early Times Report
Jammu | Sept 15
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has claimed that ever since he resigned on July 7, he is enjoying sound sleep and asserted that ‘he was ready to face people of the state on his performance’.
"I am sleeping more than four hours these days", Azad said in a candid interview which was televised on a local TV channel.
Azad bared his heart for the first time in media and also claimed that when he was chief minister he could barely catch four hour sleep. These days I am learning to sleep for more than four hours." This is happening for the first time in my life and I am enjoying every bit of it, Azad said in response to a question.
Making several other startling revelations on camera Azad for the first time also claimed that when he was chief minister, he worked on behalf of several Congress ministers as well and focused his attention on all round development of the state in all spheres of life.
During the interview Azad said, "I worked for more than 20 hours a day and had no time to trumpet my achievements unlike my predecessors".
I prepared projects myself keeping in view the aspirations of people belonging to all the three regions, went to New Delhi for their approval and brought money, came back and executed the projects, monitored their progress, held review meetings and some times even worked on behalf of those Congress ministers who asked for my help.
Azad said while he was busy doing all this, as per his commitment, he got little time to propagate his own achievements. He added in the same vein, there was no body in my camp, which could drumbeat my achievements.
"I worked tirelessly and made sincere efforts to remove the disparity between the three regions and also worked on behalf of congress ministers who were less capable and sought my help".
Making a dig at the PDP ministers Azad said, "I brought several projects to the state for all the ministries. Large amount was sanctioned but the PDP ministers never worked out projects. They sat on those projects and the money was lapsed.
"They only did propaganda without carrying out works on the ground. On the contrary we toiled hard and did not care much about the publicity".
He counted his achievements as head of the congress-PDP alliance government and tried to project his image as savior of the state.
"When I took over as chief minister, I made sincere efforts to fulfill all those commitments made in the Common Minimum Program drafted in 2002. He said I was the first chief minister in the last three decades who belonged to Jammu region and implemented and went ahead of Wazir Commission report. My government set up Finance commission and was all ready to introduce amendment bill on delimitation but had to withdraw it under certain circumstances as few political parties did not supported me, he clarified. Setting his eyes on the Assembly elections he said he is ready to face the people of the state and is banking on their support on the basis of his past performance in the state. |
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